Alive on Arrival
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Alive on Arrival
| type = Studio
| artist = Steve Forbert
| cover = Alive on Arrival.jpeg
| alt =
| released = 1978
| recorded = 1977
| venue =
| studio = A&R Studio R1, New York
| genre = Pop
| length = 38:18
| label = Nemperor
| producer = Steve Burgh
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Jackrabbit Slim
| next_year = 1979
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic | class=album | id=mw0000193842 | label=Alive on Arrival | first=Mike | last=DeGagne | accessdate=July 20, 2017}}
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = B{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: F|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=F&bk=70|accessdate=February 24, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
| rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition, p. 485. Virgin Books, London. {{ISBN|1-85227-832-3}}
|rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=256}}
}}
Alive on Arrival is the first album by the American singer-songwriter Steve Forbert, released in 1978.
Track listing
All songs written by Steve Forbert
- "Goin' Down to Laurel" – 4:39
- "Steve Forbert's Midsummer Night's Toast" – 2:49
- "Thinkin'" – 3:25
- "What Kinda Guy?" – 2:34
- "It Isn't Gonna Be That Way" – 4:55
- "Big City Cat" – 3:50
- "Grand Central Station, March 18, 1977" – 4:13
- "Tonight I Feel So Far Away from Home" – 3:14
- "Settle Down" – 3:46
- "You Cannot Win If You Do Not Play" – 4:33
Personnel
- Steve Forbert – guitar, harmonica, vocals
- David Sanborn – alto saxophone on "Big City Cat"
- Brian Torff – acoustic bass on "Tonight I Feel So Far from Home"
- Steve Burgh – lead guitar
- Dennis Good – trombone
- Robbie Kondor – organ, piano
- Barry Lazarowitz – drums, tambourine
- Hugh McDonald – bass; electric guitar on "What Kinda Guy?"
- Harvey Shapiro – pedal steel
;Technical
- Glenn Berger, Charles Clifton - engineer
- Danny Fields - front cover photography
Charts
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scope="col"|Chart (1979)
!scope="col"|Peak |
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{{album chart|Canada|49|chartid=4547a|rowheader=true|access-date=March 10, 2025}} |
{{album chart|UK2|56|date=19790603|rowheader=true|access-date=March 10, 2025}} |
{{album chart|Billboard200|82|artist=Steve Forbert|rowheader=true|access-date=March 10, 2025}} |
References
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